Paris Roubaix 23: Glued Together

 The front group contained the two main favorites for this year’s Paris Roubaix.  Try as each might, the others were sticking tight to the other’s wheels.  Matthieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) used his power over the cobbles to put the others into jeopardy.  However, Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) was glued to the Dutchman’s wheel.  Van Der Poel, did have a teammate with him, Jasper Philipsen, to aid in his team leader’s efforts.  On Philipsen’s wheel is Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ) with the former winner of the race John Degenkolb (DSM) following close behind.  It is clear that here is were the winner of the 120th Paris Roubaix lies, question is, who will that winner be?

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Paris Roubaix Femmes 23: Checking the Damage

As she came off of Sector 12, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) looked back to see just how much damage her pace did over the cobblestones.  Still holding onto the Belgium’s wheel is Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM) and behind her a couple of the women of Trek-Segafredo.  As the riders come off of each section of pave, their soigneurs hold spare wheels aloof in case the stones weren’t kind to their riders wheels.  While neither of the women on the front of this group were French, the cycling fan on the side of waved the French tricolour for everyone riding by.

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Paris Roubaix Femmes 23: Going Off on Her Own

Tired with the pace of the break away, and the number of passengers, Daniek Hengeveld (DSM) decided to head off on her own.  She used Sector 15, the stretch of cobbles from Tilley to Sars et Rosieres to open up a gap on those behind.  She grew her advantage up to a half of a minute before her former companions got their chase organized.  With another 71 kilometers to Roubaix, it was a bit of a tall order to race the rest of the cobbles off the front on her own.

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Paris Nice 23, Stage 7: Quick Change

 

Pulling the title from my time working in the theatre, Romain Bardet (DSM) has a quick bike change at the rear of the peloton with another 48 kilometers to race.  While it is never great to have a mechanical problem, it was as good as possible since it came twenty kilometers before the final climb of the day.  I should mention that there was no Stage 6, so that is why it isn’t appearing in this blog.  It was a day of dangerous high winds.  I tell my own story of riding it high winds while filming one of my YouTube post of today’s stage.  Bardet was able to rejoin the peloton and factor in the finish of the stage.

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Wollongong 2022, Mixed Team Relay: She Has to Wait

Liane Lippert (Germany) looks back trying to encourage Mieke Kroger to stay on her wheel as the climb the last rise up towards the finish line in the Mixed Team Relay in Wollongong, NSW. Kroger had done a long hard pull across the flats but couldn't match the climbing prowess of her teammate Lippert.  As they climbed they yelled back and forth, knowing that their time would depend on the second woman to cross the line.  Clearly Lippert was getting frustrated but she knew she must wait for her teammate so that they could work together in hopes of making the final step of the podium currently occupied by the home team, Australia.  At the line they were just eight seconds slower than the Australians.  I doubt the eight seconds were lost at this moment, but it didn't help.  

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 8: Attacking the Final Climb

As the lead group hit the turn onto the final climb up to La Super Planches des Belle Filles Pauliena Rooijakkers (Canyon/SRAM) went hard off the front.  Yara Kastelijn (Plantur-Para) and LIane Lippert (DSM) were the first to respond.  It seems that Grace Brown was swinging out of line to be ready to help her three teammates that were in the chasing group of the Maillot Jaune.  That group was just over a minute back.  I suspect that the team wanted her to have something left in the legs to help her companions out.  FDJ had started the day with two riders in the top ten and I am sure they wanted to hold those positions or more likely to improve them by the end of the day.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 7: Hoping to Fly Away

Katarzyn Niewiadoma (Canyon'SRAM) seems to have been riding the entire Tour de France Femmes with her jersey unzipped.  Today it was flapping in the wind behind her, now I know why she was about to use her tails as wings for the final climb.  When she went Juliette Labous (DSM) and Cecilie Uttrop Ludwig (FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope) were the only two in the group that had the legs to follow.  I admit that I have been a bit embarassed when the camera swings around to film Niewiadoma from the front, I feel a bit like I have been caught looking down her blouse.  But then her legs remind us all of why she started the day in second place on the general classification.  Her flying move wasn't enough to catch Demi Vollering (SD Worx) so she slips to third after today.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 5: Winning a Power Sprint

The gradual rise up to the line in Saint Die des Vosges it was clear it was going to take a strong power sprinter to win on the day.  Just before the sprint was a sweeping right turn, for some reason Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) went left through the gap to let all of the race vehicles divert from the finishing straight.  As I am writing this, I don't know if that mistake cost her time (and positions) in the general classification, or if the three kilometer rule was followed and she was given the same time as the lead group.  So she was out of the sprint so it was her teammate (and World Champion) Elisa Balsamo mixing it up with Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) and Lorenas Wiebes (DSM) for stage honors.  The victory went to the pure sprinter, Wiebes, with Balsamo claiming second.  The third step of the podium went to Marianne Vos in her Maillot Jaune.  The erstwhile Maillot Blance, Maike Van Der Duin (Le Col-Wahoo) was in the mix in fifth place.  This may be my favorite painting of the Tour de France Femmes thus far.  And definitely my favor sprint finish painting of either 2022 Tour de France.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 5: Keeping It Close

It is looking like Lorena Wiebes (DSM) and Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) will be sprinting against each other at every sprint point throughout the Tour de France Femmes.  The first four placings at the intermediate sprint in Charmes were taken by the break away (see the previous painting), but the next two placings had a two point differential.  In her Maillot Vert (on load from Vos) Wiebes got the better of Vos in her Maillot Jaune.  Trailing in the sprint points tally by over fifty points, Wiebes is going to have to get a few more riders behind her before Vos crosses the line behind her if she wants to claim the Green Jersey as her own.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 4: Smoke Screen

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Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon/SRAM) used the final dusty section of gravel to split up the peloton.  With just eighteen kilometer left to go, it was a move that Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) had to take very seriously. Niewiadoma started the day in third over all just sixteen seconds off of the lead between here and the finale there is a possiblity of a total of thirteen bonus seconds between the bonus sprint and the finish line.  Liane Lippert (DSM) can barely be seen through the dust trying to stay with the two ahead of her.  The rest of the peloton can't be seen for all of the dust being kicked up by the race vechicles and the riders themselves.  I am thrilled that the motorcycles can be in front of the action to bring us all these scenes, but it does mean that they are kicking dust and grit into the riders' faces.  The top three places remain the same at the end of the day with the same time gaps.  With the exception of the Spanish Champion, Mavi Garcia (UAE Team ADQ) all of the GC contenders made it across the gravel with their positions and bodies intact.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 4: Uncontested

While the major points in the sprint were already up the road in the three woman break away, it was a little odd that the intermediate sprint wasn't really contested.  As the peloton arrived at Bar sur Seine, they seemed to let Lorean Wiebes (DSM) go over the line first without really challenging her.  She sits in second place in the competition but Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) is in the Maillot Jaune, so the wearing of the jersey falls to Wiebes.  Following her across the line to the cheers of fans lining the road were Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ceratizit-WNT), Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) and her own teammate, Pfeiffer Georgi.  Kopecky is sitting third in the competition for the sprinters' green jersey, but loss two points for the woman ahead of her (both on the road and in the points tally).

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 3: Sliding Out

Demi Vollering (SD Worx) and Liane Lippert (DSM) can be forgiven for going into this corner too hot.  They along with a group that contained Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) were building a nice gap on the peloton behind.  Hitting the curve too fast, Vollering lost the front wheel and Lippert's reaction cause her to skid across the pavement with Dutch woman.  Borghini managed to avoid their fate and then pressed on with her attack.  It wasn't so much that she was taking advantage of their misfortune as it was that she was continuing what they all had started.  This crash, the climbs, and crashed on a couple of corners in town further split up the already fracture peloton.  Both riders on the ground got back up and back into the race.  Vollering got up very quickly and finished just eight seconds behind the stage winner.  Lippert took a little longer to get sorted, and then wasn't with a strong set of chasers back towards the leaders.  It should be noted that Borghini was fifth on the day just three seconds ahead of the first to go down on this corner.

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Tour '22, Stage 21: Down the Other Side

Now that all of the ceremonies are over (well until the final jersey presentations) it is time to race.  I have always loved this view of the peloton sweeping around the l'Arc de Triomphe since the circle was included in the 100th Tour de France.  Conversely, I am disappointed to not see the giant French flag that has flapped under the arch.  As the peloton upped the pace to set up their sprinters they were moving too fast for me or Phil Liggett to catch their names (or at least reveal them on air).  All I know is that it is Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl, BikeExchange-Jayco, and Team DSM lining out the peloton to help out their sprinters.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 1: Sprinting into Yellow

Lorena Wiebes (DSM) was able to flip the first intermediate sprint on Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) when it mattered most.  With her being able to outsprint the former World Champion she will wear the first Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France Femmes.  With this sprint and taking second in the first sprint, she will also be the owner of the Maillot Vert as well.  The honor of wearing that jersey will go to Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) who sits second in the green jersey competition.  Vos is second on the general classification, and third in the sprint competition.  With a near pancake flat stage tomorrow it will almost definitely come down to a sprint finish again tomorrow.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 1: Sprinting First

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As the peloton came up the Champs Elysees where the first intermediate sprint would take place, it was Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) jumping out to win the first Maillot Vert points of the Tour de France Femmes.  She succeeded in out sprinting Lorena Wiebes (DSM) for maximum points.  With another intermediate sprint and of course the sprint for stage honors, I am sure the two will be facing each other again today, and most likely for the week to come.

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Tour '22, Stage 18: Climbing Virtually & Literally

The title is a bit of a play on the difference of literally and figuratively, something that bugs me when people say literally when they are actually using a metaphor, or a figure of speech.  I digress.  Louis Meintjes (Intermache-Wanty Gobert) while climbing the Col de Spandelles was climbing the virtual standings of the general classification during the stage.  Meaning if the race were to be stopped now, he would have moved up to third overall.  It has happened in the Tour, two years ago and it pulled the Maillot Jaune off of Julian Alaphilippe.  Meintjes was joined in the effort by Chris Hamilton (DSM) and Luis Leon Sanchez (Bahrain-Victorious).  I'm not sure if Sanchez was going forward with them, or he was dropping back from the lead group and was trying to get on Hamilton's wheel.  This is the first time the Tour has used the climb of the Col de Spandelles and it would have its say on the Tour (more later).

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Tour, Stage 18: Just Get Me to Paris

Every single man who starts the Tour wants to get all of the way to Paris, and will suffer to get there.  Today both Jack Bauer (BikeExchange_Jayco) and Nils Eekhoff (DSM) went down separately but simultaneously in an encounter with team cars, press motorcycles, and traffic furniture.  Bauer could be heard asking the motorcycle driver if this was his first Tour.  Clearly he wasn't happy having gone head over heals into the back of a team car while he was trying to rejoin the peloton.  Eekhoff seemed to be a bit worse off.  After he got going again he dropped back to the doctors car to get patch up.  He was able to finish the stage, so his chances of staying in the Tour all of the way to Paris have gone up drastically.

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Tour '22, Stage 17: They Need to Catch Up

Romain Bardet (DSM) had left the peloton earlier but was then caught on the way up the final climb, the Peyragudes.  He fell away from the hot pace in the leader's group of three, but found the legs to start coming back.  He did pass the diesel of Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) who was slowly clawing back as well.  Thomas was able to join forces with the Frenchman.  Bardet ended climbing up into 7th on the general classification whereas Thomas lost some time, but stayed on the final step of the podium.  Thomas must be desperate to figure out how he can catch either Pogacar in second or Vingegaard in the leader's jersey.

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Tour '22, Stage 16: Rubbing Shoulders

I'm not sure there was any reason for Alberto Dainese (DSM) to vie for the intermediate sprint, but that is exactly what he did.  Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) has all but won this competition so he really didn't expect anyone to contest the sprint.  That may have been why Dainese was able to beat the Maillot Vert to the line in Lavelanet.  After the sprint Van Aert rode up next to the Team DSM sprinter and kind of rubbed him into the gutter.  I honestly don't think he was trying to endanger him, but it could have been a warning not to do that again.  The two were seen having a laugh not long after this.

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Tour '22, Stage 2: Forced to Chase

A minor crash at the start of the 18 kilometer bridge forced most of EF Education-EasyPost to drop back to help get Rigoberto Uran back into the peloton.  Basically, Owain Doull and Alberto Bettiol chased the entire span of the bridge in hopes of getting their team leader back on.  It wasn't until their time trial specialist, Stefan Bissenger, drop back that they were able to rejoin the peloton at the base of the bridge.  Sadly, it was just in time to get caught up in another crash, but at least that was inside the final three kilometers so they all got the same time as the stage winner.  Marijn Tusveld (DSM) was one of many that were able to take advantage of the pink chase to rejoin as well.

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